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Aug 14, 2011 · he has massively long little fingers. It's like he's got 4 index fingers. It was actually my son who pointed it out to me while watching his Technical Difficulties video. [video=youtube;ES1RypBww_g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES1RypBww_g
Jul 19, 2019 · Here with his trademark mix of fast-picked notes and flurries of legato, Paul’s thumb still shows over the fretboard (minimal hand movement between three-notes-per-string runs and screaming bends) while his fretting fingers are poised over the upper strings and higher frets.
Oct 19, 2018 · To help switch from his fourth finger to his second finger between each six-note group, Gilbert uses a subtle finger slide, which is easier than trying to perfectly nail each position shift “from the air” and sounds very cool.
Gilbert’s 2019 album, Behold Electric Guitar, remains true to the virtuoso’s iconic style, but trades a little bit of the face-melting speed of Gilbert’s Racer X days for more melodic sensibilities.
Jul 13, 2021 · Interviewing Paul Gilbert is a bit like trying to catch Tigger, mid-bounce. But with Gilbert it’s the guitar that he’s wired to. Instrument in hand, his fingers are never far from the wizardry he’s honed since the 80s with Racer X, Mr. Big, G3, on 16 solo albums, from a busy teaching career and more.
Oct 7, 2008 · The 42-year old musician from Chicago has the ability to play as fast and as clean any other set of 10 fingers in the world. It's the heart that he brings to the performance, a sense of, I don't...
Feb 2, 2024 · Paul Gilbert admitted that finger picking is his one guitar-playing weakness, and argued that a good vibrato needs to be pulled with the wrist, not just the finger joints.